The elf Mayfair soon regained consciousness—but the moment she woke and found several strangers before her, she became visibly tense.
If she had not been seriously injured, things might have taken an unpleasant turn.
"We rescued you in the Woods," Doctor Gels said directly. "We're adventurers from outside."
Mayfair clearly did not trust them right away. Instead, she looked at everyone with even greater wariness and surveyed her current situation. When she realized she was at the cave entrance, a flash of panic crossed her face.
She struggled to stand, seemingly wanting to escape.
Seeing this, Luo Qiu said directly, "Not long ago, we saw several male elves come out from inside. If you go out now, you might run into them."
Those words immediately slowed Mayfair's movements.
Doctor Gels and Mr. Snef exchanged a glance. They simultaneously thought of their earlier discussion and understood. It seemed Mayfair really might have been shot by her own kind... and it might not have been an accident.
This development was completely different from what had happened dozens of years ago after Snef committed that incident. In fact, when he had participated in the game decades ago, found Mayfair in the Roaring Forest, and finally managed to bring her back to the tribe, Mayfair had never regained consciousness.
He had merely received the elves' hospitality because he had brought back the wounded Mayfair—or, more accurately, because Mayfair had been brought back by Gerolt, the captain of the Monster Hunter Squad, who had been Snef's Servant at the time.
The one who had truly come into contact with the elf tribe in the Roaring Forest was Gerolt, the captain of the Monster Hunter Squad who had already died in the board game. Snef had only learned about this place through Gerolt, via the connection